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- Gov't failures: Engineering brain drain and bad leadership
- Gov't failures: Engineering brain drain and bad leadershipIt's GovernmentWhy should anybody put any effort into any government project. There is no penalty for failure. The pay checks keep on rolling.The oversight Congress are a bunch of self serving fossils, who for the most part are clueless.However, the public...
- Tags: Six Sigma, Government, brain drain, bad leadership, CMMI, leadership
- Discussion threads 2008-06-27
- Microsoft finally launches Hyper-V
- Analysts have welcomed the release of the hypervisor, but rival VMware claims Hyper-V has been a long time coming and lacks functionality. Microsoft has announced that its Hyper-V hypervisor is finally available, but analysts have questioned whether large enterprises will adopt the product as their sole virtualization...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., Hyper-V, Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage, Colin Barker ZDNet.co.uk, hypervisor, Microsoft, VMware, virtualization
- News items 2008-06-26
- Fired Director of IT acused of destroying organ donor information of former company
- Fired Director of IT acused of destroying organ donor information of former companyIt just goes to show...... that the thinking that the greatest security threat to any organization is its employees... and especially disgruntled ex-employees who are allowed to keep the keys to the kingdom.RE: Fired Director of IT acused...
- Tags: SECURITY, organ donor information, FIRED, Nate
- Discussion threads 2008-06-26
- Fired Director of IT accused of destroying organ donor information of former company
- Here's a story that will make you absolutely sick. I used to live in Houston, time to time I still check out the Houston Chronicle... which I did this morning. I was interested in reading more about the altercation between the Astros pitcher and general manager, but then I stumbled...
- Tags: Organ, Houston, Agency, Advertising & Promotion, Backups, Hacking, Marketing, Security, Nathan McFeters
- Blog posts 2008-06-26
- I'm sticking with Windows XP
- I'm sticking with Windows XPWhat happened to the cries for increased security?Not saying they originated with you Jason but prior to Vistas release everyone was labelling XP a leaking sieve wrt to security. Full of holes which could not be patched but required a complete redesign. With the release of...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows XP
- Discussion threads 2008-06-25
- Drew pleads not guilty in suicide case
- Drew pleads not guilty in suicide caseBig TalkLet us know when that child of yours turns 13, then we can compare notes. I bet if that happened to your child you would be talking out of the other side of your mouth. We will never know exactly what...
- Tags: Lori Drew, CFAA
- Discussion threads 2008-06-18
- Nextel: 'We can't charge government those termination fees'
- Nextel: 'We can't charge government those termination fees'Termination fees should be charged to nobody.Cell phones is the only industry I know of that charges termination fees - and frankly, the practice should be made illegal. Charging people for quitting a service or switching to a competitor is insane. In addition,...
- Tags: Workforce management, Government, termination, termination fee, Nextel Communications Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-06-14
- Nextel: 'We can't charge government those termination fees'
- Nextel admitted in internal emails that it could never charge the government the kind of early termination fees it charged consumers, the Associated Press is reporting. In documents unearthed as part of one such lawsuit, employees at Nextel — now part of Sprint Nextel Corp....
- Tags: Nextel Communications Inc., Termination, Termination Fee, Government, Workforce Management, E-mail, Vertical Industries, Human Resources, Online Communications, Enterprise Software, Software, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-06-13
- Yahoo: Does Jerry have to go?
- Yahoo got its wish. Microsoft is no longer a possibility as a purchaser. The company improves short-term results by partnering on search with Google. Carl Icahn may give up on his proxy war. And the company lives to fight another day--or at least until Aug. 1 when shareholders unleash their...
- Tags: Google Inc., Jerry Yang, Yahoo! Inc., Construction, Financial Accounting, Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-06-13
- Thinking about multicore and software
- Informit.com recently ran a fascinating Andrew Binstock interview with Donald Knuth touching on some of the same topics we discuss here - programming methods, the value of open source, and the links between programming and hardware change. I want to get...
- Tags: Software, Job, T2, Multi-core, Hardware, Multi-threading, Tim Bray, Open Source, Paul Murphy
- Blog posts 2008-06-09
- Canon EF-S 18-55mm IS kit lens
- The Canon EF-S 18-55mm IS lens adds image stabilization to the company's older kit lens, though otherwise it and its predecessor are basically the same. It's compatible with all Canon EF-S digital camera bodies, such as the EOS Rebel XSi and EOS 40D, but it won't fit on the EOS...
- Tags: Digital cameras, Digital photography, Canon Inc., Canon EF-S
- Product reviews 2008-06-02
- The netbooks are coming, the netbooks are coming!
- With Intel's release of their Atom processors just around the corner, more inexpensive ultraportables are making their way to the market. CNet UK has a preview gallery of the MSI Wind netbook that, while a bit more expensive than competitors from HP and Asus, looks to be an outstanding...
- Tags: CNET Networks Inc., Battery, Netbook, CNet UK, Engineering, 3G, Notebooks, Performance Management, Wireless, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-05-29
- Hardware 2.0 "Best Kit List" for Jun/Jul 08
- OK, it's time once again for ... drum roll please ... The Hardware 2.0 "Best Kit List" for Jun/Jul 08. Here I've put together a list of the best high-end and mid-range components currently available, with some decent budget parts listed too, along with a few honorable mentions. Check...
- Tags: Card, Video Card, Performance, Board, Motherboard, Price, CPU, RAM, Graphics, Intel Corp., Q9300, LGA775, AM2, DDR3, Logitech Z-5500 Speaker System, PSU, Galaxy EGX1000EWL, Samsung T220, Corporate Governance, Performance Management, Chipsets, Video Cards, Processors, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2008-05-28
- Jail time for anti-copyright pirate?
- Jail time for anti-copyright pirate?Why not a death penalty?Only 5 years in prison and only $250k in fines. That's so lame...Can't complainIf you're going to play the civil disobedience game, expect to pay full price for the privilege.Jail time is what thieves deserve ...Why should we feel sorry for a...
- Tags: illegal copy, Jail Time, piracy
- Discussion threads 2008-05-23
- Microsoft opens philosophical can of worms with Live Search Cashback
- Talk is bubbling up across the blogosphere, Gillmor Gang and Techmeme daily about social graph personal information. This may be among the most important discussions and topics of our time. How the "social mesh" works out now will affect our lives and businesses for a long time. It may even...
- Tags: Social Networking, Web, Data, Agreement, Commerce, Microsoft Corp., Worm, Data Portability, Channel Management, Marketing, Dana Gardner
- Blog posts 2008-05-23
- 2008 BMW 135i Coupe
- Photo gallery:2008 BMW 135i CoupeBMW's announcement of the 135i hit us like Pavlov's bell, the one he used to make his dog salivate. Once we got into the 2008 BMW 135i Coupe, all of our expectations were met, and more. BMW threw its best engine into its smallest car, leading...
- Tags: BMW AG, Mph, Laguna Seca
- Product reviews 2008-05-05
- Judge decisively rejects RIAA legal theory
- Judge decisively rejects RIAA legal theoryNiceOK so if I buy a CD and let strangers walk in my house and listen to them I'm infringing on copyright! hahahaha!This judge probablydissented just to get his name in the paper. Because hundreds of other judges have upheld the theory, because it's pretty...
- Tags: Peer to peer (P2P), Copyright-Infringement, theory, legal theory, RIAA, music
- Discussion threads 2008-04-30
- Using mail for phishing
- Using mail for phishingSnailmail phishing already happening - legally!Murph said: [i]"As it turned out the letter we got was naive but genuine - but your next one may not be because sooner or later some bad guy is going to do this - and take at least a few hundred...
- Tags: Cyberthreats, Spam, phishing, advertisement
- Discussion threads 2008-04-30
- Reiser FS: The open source file system fallout
- Reiser FS: The open source file system falloutI think M$ has something to do with this crimeWhen M$ FUD campaign failed, they might have contracted some mobsteres to frame Reiser.RE: Reiser FS: The open source file system falloutFrom the article: 'grinded to a halt'? WTF kind of grammar is that?...
- Tags: Linux, UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, JFS, Reiser FS, open-source file system fallout, fallout
- Discussion threads 2008-04-29
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